(historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an elect]] the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; an electorship.
Billionaires build their power on a divided electorate who are divided by race and other factors. Without unity, they climb on our backs to the seats of power. Build unity or this will never get fixed.
I've even more tired of this mentally ill electorate...🤷♂️
(historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an elect]] the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; an electorship.
Incoming governments normally announce that they will seek to serve the whole electorate. Now, playing out in triplicate across the UK is a "divide and rule" approach to leadership, straight from Donald Trump's playbook: each faction con…
Electorate means: The office, or area of dominion, of an elect]] the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; an electorship.. The word is mostly archaic or historical; you will only encounter it in old texts, period drama, or school history rather than current teen conversation. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour.
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"Phillips-Staley has +15 favorability, despite 71% of voters not knowing enough yet to have an opinion. She starts the race in third place at 8%, behind opponents Beth Davidson (26%) and Cait Conley (15%). Half the el…
Electorate means: The office, or area of dominion, of an elect]] the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; an electorship.. The word is mostly archaic or historical; you will only encounter it in old texts, period drama, or school history rather than current teen conversation. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour.
electorate means: The office, or area of dominion, of an elect]] the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; an electorship.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
(chiefly, Australia, New Zealand) A geographical area represented by one or more elected officials; a constituency, an electoral district.
His cerebral candidacy, inspired by European and North American political and economic philosophers, and his very appearance, with his light-colored skin, trim physique and penchant for preppy sweaters, contrasted with an electorate larg…
“Billionaires build their power on a divided electorate who are divided by race and other factors. Without unity, they climb on our backs to the seats of power. Build unity or this will never get fixed.”
“Party descending into concentration camp-building fascism? The whole fucking point of politics is making and shaping arguments, not waiting patiently for the electorate to come around to your opinion by osmosis.”
“As ever, Farage/Reform simply follow the Trump/MAGA playbook, to the point of wishing to deliberately inflict 'punishment' on regions of the electorate who didn't vote for them.”
“Bass is a boring career politician. She is not bad but why set the bar so low? This is L.A. ffs. We need someone to fire up the electorate, like Mamdani. Raman comes the closest.”
The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.
“I've even more tired of this mentally ill electorate...🤷♂️”
“"Phillips-Staley has +15 favorability, despite 71% of voters not knowing enough yet to have an opinion. She starts the race in third place at 8%, behind opponents Beth Davidson (26%) and Cait Conley (15%). Half the electorate is undecided."”
“We, the people, certainly did vote for this. Collectively the US electorate did vote for Trump. Being fully aware and warned of his personality (or lack thereof) and the project2025 plans.”
“Wow. It’s really a reflection on the vulgarity and low quality of people representing Republican voters but their electorate doesn’t seem to get that.”
“eventually if you inject enough new voters into any electorate they vote out the old guys and elect someone they see as one of their own as a matter of course and the tristate is just about due for metro-wide leadership turnover for that reason”